Date & Time:
Apr 13, 1942 at 0207 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 406 Wellington II
Operator:
Registration:
W5525
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Driffield - Driffield
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
6
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
0
Other fatalities:
0
Total fatalities:
6
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Driffield at 2208LT on April 12 on an operation to Essen. Approaching Duisburg, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Budberg. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
S/L Wilfred Morgan Protheroe, pilot,
P/O Graham Peter Elliott, pilot,
Sgt Colin Raymond Harper, navigator,
Sgt Frank Swinburn, wireless operator,
Sgt Ralph Harry Crews, wireless operator,
Sgt William Macthett Mahaffy, air gunner.
Crew:
S/L Wilfred Morgan Protheroe, pilot,
P/O Graham Peter Elliott, pilot,
Sgt Colin Raymond Harper, navigator,
Sgt Frank Swinburn, wireless operator,
Sgt Ralph Harry Crews, wireless operator,
Sgt William Macthett Mahaffy, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.
